- Carrying only one device on the road-long a mobile professional's
dream—has been made a reality by the new Kyocera Smartphone QCP 6035
($500 street, with a one-year digital phone service contract from Verizon).
This potent gadget is a great choice for those looking to lighten their
device load or for IT managers charged with cutting purchase, service,
and support costs.
- The QCP 6035 is a trimode CDMA phone with a full-blown Palm OS PDA
featuring 8MB of RAM. If your company issues Palm PDAs and phones, the
QCP 6035 is a natural replacement. Palm OS compatibility alone doesn't
ensure acceptance, as the bulky and expensive Qualcomm pdQ proved last
year. Yet, while the new phone isn't fashionably small (it weighs 7.4
ounces and measures 5.5 by 2.6 by 0.9 inches HWD), it's a multifunction
device you won't mind carrying.
- The QCP 6035 works on three wireless networks: CDMA digital PCS, CDMA
digital cellular, and analog cellular. Put simply, this phone will work
in most areas of the U.S., with added digital data capabilities in CDMA
coverage areas.
- The monochrome display, at 1.8 inches square, is huge for a phone
but smaller than the 2.3-inch-square Palm V display— a reasonable compromise.
The screen is partly hidden by the flip-cover when the device is used
in phone mode.
- In addition to the standard Palm PIM applications and support for
third-party applications, the QCP 6035 comes with Eudora e-mail and
both HTML and WAP browsers. We were able to beam Palm Query Applications
(PQA) files directly between the QCP 6035 and a Palm VII and to use
the phone with a wide range of Web-clipping applications. The phone
and PDA functions integrate nicely, letting you dial via the keypad
or from your address book with the flip-cover closed or open. The jog-dial
comes in handy to scroll a big contact list.
- Other pleasing features include a combination infrared port/power
and backlight switch, speaker phone with voice dialing, two-way short
message service (SMS) support, vibration mode, and a headset jack. You
can charge the lithium ion battery when the QCP 6035 is docked in the
synchronization cradle or with the AC adapter alone.
- Imagine the possibilities of cutting back to a truly multipurpose
mobile device that can run standard, third-party, and corporate PDA
applications—then enjoy those possibilities with the QCP 6035.
- MEMBER RATINGS :
- October 2, 2002 I'm very happy with my smartphone. I now maintain
only one phone number/address/e-mail database that can be syncronized
between my phone and PC (using Outlook and some downloaded software,
you can even do categories). Evenif something happens to the phone and
lose all the data, I have a safe backup on my PC, giving me piece of
mind. Besides, I purchased a USB cable from Kyocera and now I can do
the sync/modem/fax with my laptop on the go. It'll be, however, even
better if there is a way to charge the phone thru the USB port. I don't
want to carry too many adapters when I travel and it'll be handy to
use just one power source. Is somebody from Kyocera reading my wish
list?
- dthogan Member rating: June 21, 2002 As a Palm Developer and Network
Consultant I found this a wonderful replacement for carrying my palm,
phone and pager with me to clients. The palm screen is a bit smaller
than a normal palm but more than adequate, but the integration is super
between phone and palm. The phone is not lacking in features either
with speaker phone, and voice recognition capability among many other
extras. If you are tired of juggling multiple devices this is the one.
Also note that while the charging/hotsync cradle has charging capability,
you can simply unplug the travel charger from the cradle and simply
use it to hotsync. The only gripe I have is that it is a serial only
cradle and hopefully a usb option will soon come available. However
with more devices moving to usb this can mean you have that one serial
port open to use it where years ago you would not.
- vcmgfv Member rating: May 22, 2002 Very good because its an OS that
can be backed up, has many features, can download data from Outlook.
Structurally is has shortcomings. Namely the flipper should be up and
away from user. Instead the flipper opens down and intrudes on the user's
space. Also the smart phone is not designed to lay flat on a table and
use its productivity applications. Essentialy, the inside engineering
is very good, the outside design has a number of shortcomings. George
F. Valle, user of QCP6035 for 10 months
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